Project-based learning inspires students to thrive and grow using real world applications. It has been shown time and time again that relating concepts to the world around students is much more motivational than teaching in abstract terms (Taplin). Seymour Papert, MIT mathematician and expert on children and computing explained this theory, “we teach numbers, then...
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Last month students learned all about the world of video game development, but this month is all about HTML and designing websites! Not only will students have the skills necessary to make their own video games, but after this month they will be able to create a website to market their designs – rad! After a brief lesson one of the lead instructors declared,...
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Video game development studies wrapped up this week with a question, “Where do you think video games will be headed in the future?” Students imagined Ironman suits and physical sensors to increase the reality of video games. Essentially, it was decided that video games are moving in the direction of virtual and augmented realities boosted by the use of...
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“That would be so epic!” one student told another as they discussed potential video game ideas this week in class. Continuing on our journey of the history and evolution of video game development, this week’s classes focused on hardware, software and video game genres. The lead instructor asked the students, “what do you think hardware means?” Hardware includes all...
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This week’s classes continued to delve into video game history and production, with an emphasis on game mechanics! Older video games like PAC MAN and Space Invaders only have two of the now three mechanic categories: 1. user manipulation and 2. clear goals. Present day video games have developed into something much more complex, which include the final category...
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Ever wondered about that weird feeling in your stomach when you are on a roller coaster? Or the sensation of acceleration in a fast car? This week in the PCS Lab, we are taking a look at the incredible power of inertia. It is the phenomenon that governs the rest and motion of all objects, either in space, on earth, or in your guts! For example, when you drop down a...
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